Max adlee



M. ADLER.

CORSET.

Patented May 9, 1882.

N. PETERS Phnwl-Nhagrnghlr. Walhngiun IIC.

i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STROUSE St CO., OF SAME PLACE.

CORSET.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 257,809, dated May 9,1882, Application led March 6, l1882. (Model.)

To all whoml tt may concern:

Be it known that I, MAX ADLER, of New Haven, in the county ot New Havenand State of Connecticut, have invented Vnew Improvements in Corsets;and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with accompanying drawings and the letters ot' reference marked thereon, to bea full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, and which said drawingsconstitute part ot' this speccation, and represent, in i Figure l, anoutside View; Fig. 2, an inside view; Fig. 3, a transverse section.

This invention relates to an improvement in corsets, with specialreference to the side or hip section, thc object being to makepractically an open or expansible hip, but provide a cover for theopening which shall, in whatever position the parts may be, form, whenon the person, a part ofthe corset over the opening, substantially asit`the opening were filled, the object being to overcome'difiiculties whichexist in open-sided corsets, producing discoml'ort to the wearer as wellas defects in the shape; and the invention consists in the constructionofthe corset, as more full y hereinafter described.

A represents the front portion, and B the rear portion, ot' the side ot'thepcorset; C, the central portion, which starts from under the arm andruns downward over the hip. From about the waist-line et fthe sideportions,-A B, .are cut away respectively to the front and rear, anddetached from the central portion, so as to be free to expand orcontract, according to the-shape ot the hip of the wearer. The centralpart, C, extends down below the wais tline a to the bottom, and at theline a. extends so as to underlie or overlie'the two parts A B andpractically close the opening between the two partsA B. This part C hasstays D running from the top directly down substantially throughout itslength, so as to cause it to conform to the shape ot' the body'ot' thewearer. The two parts A B are provided with straps E F, or othersuitable device lfor adjustably attaching them over the hip, to bringthe parts of the corsetinto the proper shape on the hip,

and when so drawn together and on the person the lower or wider part, dd, of the central portion fills the opening, and on the person hassubstantially the saine effect as if the parts were stitched together,and, in fact, no side opening.

By this construction an expansible hip-corset is produced, which permitsit to be adjusted tothe peculiar shape of the hips of the wearer, butwhen once adj usted to be substantially, so far as the wearer isconcerned, a close hip.

It is better and I prefer that the lower or broader part ot' the centralportion, C, should lie upon the inside, yet it may be upon `the outside.

,The broader part, or wings,77 as they may be called, may also bestayed, it desired.

It" preferred, the central part, C, above the waist-line may be cut withthe two portions A B, and the lapping wings attached to the central partbelow the waist-line. I therefore bythe term portions AB C77 do not wishto be understood as limiting them to detached separate pieces, it onlybeing essential that` the front and rear parts of the hip-section shallbe cut away from about the waist-line to form the opening, with theintermediate or central part expanded down between the cutaway edges,and so as to lap upon the two sides ot' the opening, and` staysextending from beneath the arm between the front and rear portions downover the central or hip part.

I ol'aim- A corset constructed with'the two side portions A B, cut awayrespectively to the front and rear trom the waist-line downward,conibined with the central portion, C, between the said two portions AB, detached from them .below the waist-line, expanded to lap upon thetwo parts AB, with a series of stays on the central part, C, extendingfrom under the arm down over thehip, and an adjustable device to connectthe two parts A B over the hip, substantially as described.

MAX ADLER. Witnesses:

Jos. C. EARLE, J. H. SHUMWAY.

